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Object Number
45-25-10/28452
Display Title
War club or lightning stick
Descriptions
Object Description
"War club" or lightening stick. Lightning stick or "war club" carved from wood top end has a figurative image of a human the main body of the stick is in form of lightnening.
Inventory Description
Club?, carved wood, anthropomorphic head, zigzag body, broken, cracked
Classification
- Carved Wood
Department
Archaeological
Date
900-1100 A.D.?
Culture
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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United States
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Arizona
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Tethlunakia
Intrasite
Middle of Tethlunakia, 70 ft from original shrine on which it had been deposited
Additional Geographic Terms
Arizona, northeast
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 48.5 x 7.8 x 6.4 cm (19 1/8 x 3 1/16 x 2 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
45-25-10/28452/ 3523
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes
(1892)
Collector
Thomas V. Keam
(1892)
Donor
Mary T. Hemenway
(May 5, 1945)
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